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Re: libgit2 - a true git library

From
Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se>
Date
Nov 8, 2008, 14:35 UTC
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Steve Frécinaux wrote:
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> Shawn O. Pearce wrote:
>> During the GitTogether we were kicking around the idea of a ground-up
>> implementation of a Git library.  This may be easier than trying
>> to grind down git.git into a library, as we aren't tied to any
>> of the current global state baggage or the current die() based
>> error handling.
>>
>> I've started an _extremely_ rough draft.  The code compiles into a
>> libgit.a but it doesn't even implement what it describes in the API,
>> let alone a working Git implementation.  Really what I'm trying to
>> incite here is some discussion on what the API looks like.
> 
> Just a random question: is there a reason why you have put all the .h in 
> a separate includes/ directory instead of relying on the install target 
> to put the include files at the right place ?
> 
> To me it makes it much harder to hack on the files as one is always 
> required to switch between both directories...

I agree with this, but as I guess Shawn will do roughly 45 times more work on it than me (according to current commit-count in git.git), I'll live with it.

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  5. Shawn O. PearceOct 31, 2008
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  7. Shawn O. PearceOct 31, 2008
  8. Pierre HabouzitOct 31, 2008
  9. Junio C HamanoOct 31, 2008
  10. Shawn O. PearceOct 31, 2008
  11. Pierre HabouzitNov 1, 2008
  12. Andreas EricssonNov 1, 2008
  13. Pierre HabouzitNov 1, 2008
  14. Shawn O. PearceNov 1, 2008
  15. Andreas EricssonNov 1, 2008
  16. Shawn O. PearceNov 2, 2008
  17. Andreas EricssonNov 3, 2008
  18. Shawn O. PearceNov 2, 2008
  19. Pierre HabouzitNov 2, 2008
  20. Nicolas PitreOct 31, 2008
  21. david@lang.hmOct 31, 2008
  22. Nicolas PitreOct 31, 2008
  23. Shawn O. PearceOct 31, 2008
  24. Shawn O. PearceOct 31, 2008
  25. Pierre HabouzitOct 31, 2008
  26. Pierre HabouzitOct 31, 2008
  27. Nicolas PitreOct 31, 2008
  28. Andreas EricssonNov 1, 2008
  29. Pieter de BieOct 31, 2008
  30. Shawn O. PearceOct 31, 2008
  31. Junio C HamanoOct 31, 2008
  32. Pierre HabouzitNov 1, 2008
  33. Shawn O. PearceNov 1, 2008
  34. Pierre HabouzitNov 1, 2008
  35. Shawn O. PearceNov 1, 2008
  36. Nicolas PitreNov 1, 2008
  37. Shawn O. PearceNov 1, 2008
  38. Nicolas PitreNov 1, 2008
  39. Shawn O. PearceNov 1, 2008
  40. Johannes SchindelinNov 1, 2008
  41. Pierre HabouzitNov 1, 2008
  42. Nicolas PitreNov 1, 2008
  43. Pierre HabouzitNov 1, 2008
  44. Johannes SchindelinNov 1, 2008
  45. Junio C HamanoOct 31, 2008
  46. Pierre HabouzitOct 31, 2008
  47. Shawn O. PearceOct 31, 2008
  48. Jakub NarebskiOct 31, 2008
  49. david@lang.hmNov 1, 2008
  50. Shawn O. PearceNov 1, 2008
  51. david@lang.hmNov 1, 2008
  52. Pierre HabouzitNov 1, 2008
  53. Nicolas PitreNov 1, 2008
  54. Pierre HabouzitNov 1, 2008
  55. Nicolas PitreNov 1, 2008
  56. Shawn O. PearceNov 1, 2008
  57. Nicolas PitreNov 1, 2008
  58. Shawn O. PearceNov 1, 2008
  59. Scott ChaconNov 2, 2008
  60. Scott ChaconNov 2, 2008
  61. Shawn O. PearceNov 2, 2008
  62. David BrownNov 2, 2008
  63. Shawn O. PearceNov 3, 2008
  64. Pierre HabouzitNov 1, 2008
  65. david@lang.hmNov 1, 2008
  66. Brian GernhardtOct 31, 2008
  67. Andreas EricssonOct 31, 2008
  68. Shawn O. PearceOct 31, 2008
  69. Junio C HamanoOct 31, 2008
  70. Andreas EricssonNov 1, 2008
  71. Johannes SchindelinOct 31, 2008
  72. Bruno SantosOct 31, 2008
  73. Shawn O. PearceOct 31, 2008
  74. Andreas EricssonNov 1, 2008
  75. Shawn O. PearceNov 1, 2008
  76. Johannes SchindelinNov 2, 2008
  77. Pierre HabouzitNov 2, 2008
  78. Andreas EricssonNov 3, 2008
  79. Steve FrécinauxNov 8, 2008
  80. Andreas EricssonNov 8, 2008
  81. Pierre HabouzitNov 8, 2008
  82. Andreas EricssonNov 9, 2008
  83. Shawn O. PearceNov 9, 2008

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